Mexican Birthday Parties

Anyone who is in a mixed race marriage (esp. Hispanic/Caucasian) knows exactly what I'm talking about here. We went to a 2 year old birthday party today...it started about 2:00 and was still going strong at 6:00 when we left. The party was for one of Andre's friend's son. They are a mixed family, like us, but his wife is a lot better about maintaining Mexican traditions. A white family's 2 year old party would've lasted two hours, tops, and that includes cake and presents. Probably a lot more fun for the kids the Mexican way -- they had a pinata, etc. and by the time we left our girls were full of carne, candy, and cupcakes...Andre was full of beer :-) I was exhausted, old white lady that I am.